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Saturday, 24 August 2013

Recently
we saw the campaign group lobby the full City Council meeting over the bedroom
tax.

Large
numbers of people who through the new so called welfare reforms are told they
have too many bedrooms and disgracefully are having their benefit cut.

This
was a successful lobby and kept the bedroom tax on the agenda with Nottingham
City Homes.

The
news item aired by the BBC on East Midlands today carried an interview by one
of the members of the campaign as well as a local woman who is having to give
up her home whilst her son is away at college. Both the interviews showed how
these reforms were affecting people because of a shortage of single room
properties not only in Nottingham but the whole country.

The
lobby itself attracted a lot of attention from members of the public who signed
the petition against bedroom tax, many who signed disagreed with the bedroom
tax even though they were not directly affected.

The
lobby had support from Greg Marshall from neighbouring Broxtowe Borough who is
councillor for Beeston West as well is support from local trade unionists from
the Communication Workers Union, Unison and the Civil Sevice union, the PCS.

If
you are affected by the bedroom tax and would like further information, help or
advice, the defend Council tax benefits campaign are holding the group meeting
at 7pm on 20th of August 2013 at the Chase neighbourhood centre, St Anns where people can come and discuss issues they are facing and get help and
support from people who are also facing the bedroom tax problem.

Links
to Trades Council photos of the lobby and a meeting in Mansfield below